ACLU of Northern California - Technology and Civil Libertieshttps://www.aclunc.org/issue/technology-and-civil-liberties
The ACLU of Northern California safeguards civil liberties in the digital world. As technology advances, we make sure that protections for privacy and free speech aren’t left behind. We push back on digital censorship and government surveillance.enPrivacy Issues in the Digital Age: What to Look Out For and What Can You Do https://www.aclunc.org/get-involved/events/privacy-issues-digital-age-what-look-out-and-what-can-you-do
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<div class="field-item even"><img src="https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/styles/block_image/public/Nicky%206.jpg?itok=dkTRkor-" width="255" height="205" alt="Nicole A. Ozer" /></div>
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<div class="field-item even"><p>Join the ACLU of Northern California's<strong>&nbsp;Nicole A. Ozer </strong>to discuss privacy issues in the digital age at the County Counsel’s Association of CA Civil Law &amp; Litigation Conference&nbsp;in Monterey.&nbsp;</p><p>We use technology every day to connect, communicate, work and learn. Law enforcement is increasingly taking advantage of outdated privacy laws to turn mobile phones into tracking devices and access sensitive emails, digital documents, and text messages without proper judicial oversight.</p><p>But&nbsp;we shouldn't have to choose between using new technology and keeping their personal lives private. And technology companies shouldn’t be burdened with privacy laws stuck in the digital dark ages.</p><p>Learn what to look out for and what you can do about it.</p><h3>Presenters</h3><ul><li>Danny Y. Chou, Assistant County Counsel, Santa Clara</li><li>Theresa Fuentes, Lead Deputy County Counsel, Santa Clara</li><li>Nicole A. Ozer, ACLU of Northern California</li></ul><h3>Can't make it?</h3><p>Follow&nbsp;<a href="https://www.twitter.com/nicoleozer" title="Follow Nicole A. Ozer on Twitter" style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">@NicoleOzer</a>&nbsp;on Twitter.</p></div>
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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:46:19 +0000Catrina Roallos2312 at https://www.aclunc.orghttps://www.aclunc.org/get-involved/events/privacy-issues-digital-age-what-look-out-and-what-can-you-do#commentsFacebook, Twitter, and the Future of Free Speech - SXSW Panelhttps://www.aclunc.org/get-involved/events/facebook-twitter-and-future-free-speech-sxsw-panel
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<div class="field-item even"><p>We will be at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, TX! <br />Hashtags: #sxsw #freespeech <br />Follow: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/nicoleozer" title="Follow Nicole A. Ozer on Twitter">@NicoleOzer</a></p><p>Join the ACLU of Northern California's<strong>&nbsp;Nicole A. Ozer,</strong>&nbsp;<span data-mce-mark="1">policy experts from the top platforms,&nbsp;</span>and Professor Jeffrey Rosen from the National Constitution Center to discuss what’s happening now and the future of free speech on the Internet.</p><p>Online platforms are now the town square for creativity and social and political connection. This means that many of the most important decisions about content, access, and speech are now concentrated in the hands of a few private actors.</p><h3>Free speech on the Internet</h3><p>When does art cross the line and get flagged on Facebook? Which tweets are staying up or coming down? When is a video too violent? How much censorship is just too much or not enough? Who should be the deciders? And how do you get your voice heard when you think content should be taken down or put back up?</p><h3>Presenters</h3><ul><li>Jeffrey Rosen, President &amp; CEO, National Constitution Center</li><li>Matthew Zimmerman, Sr. Product Counsel, Twitter</li><li>Monika Bickert, Head of Global Product Policy, Facebook</li><li>Nicole A. Ozer, Technology &amp; Civil Liberties Policy Director, ACLU of Northern California</li></ul><h3><a href="http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_IAP39414" title="visit the SXSW schedule">Learn more&nbsp;»</a></h3><p><em>Presented by The Knight Foundation</em></p></div>
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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:03:53 +0000Catrina Roallos2310 at https://www.aclunc.orghttps://www.aclunc.org/get-involved/events/facebook-twitter-and-future-free-speech-sxsw-panel#commentsSanta Clara Board Votes to Proceed with Controversial Surveillance Techhttps://www.aclunc.org/blog/santa-clara-board-votes-proceed-controversial-surveillance-tech
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<div class="field-item even"><p>Despite <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/blog/aclu-santa-clara-sheriff-don-t-sneak-stingray-public" title="Stingray blog">criticism from the ACLU</a> and Supervisor Joe Simitian, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a sheriff’s department request to use more than $500,000 of federal grant money to purchase a Stingray cell phone tracking system.</p></div>
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<div class="field-item even"><p>Despite <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/blog/aclu-santa-clara-sheriff-don-t-sneak-stingray-public" title="Stingray blog">criticism from the ACLU</a> and Supervisor Joe Simitian, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a sheriff’s department request to use more than $500,000 of federal grant money to purchase a Stingray cell phone tracking system.</p><p>Simitian perhaps put it best when <a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/bay-area-news/ci_27591379/santa-clara-county-get-controversial-cell-phone-tracker">he told Sheriff Lori Smith during Tuesday’s meeting of the supervisors</a> that, “Just to be clear, we're being asked to spend $500,000 of taxpayers' money, plus $40,000 a year for a product the brand name of which you are not sure, the specs you don't know, a demonstration you haven't seen, for which there is no policy in place, for which you have a nondisclosure agreement."</p><h3>Transparency fail</h3><p>By approving the request, the supervisors yesterday failed the residents of Silicon Valley because there wasn’t any opportunity for real and meaningful public debate, nor was a clear policy developed that would ensure oversight and accountability before a decision to acquire this piece of very invasive surveillance technology was made.</p><p>The approval underscores why an ordinance <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20141112-model_ordinance.pdf">like the one the ACLU proposed last year</a> and which would require there be a robust public debate and the creation of clear safeguards to protect against abuse before funds to purchase any piece of surveillance technology is acquired is so important.&nbsp;</p><p>Simitian has pledged to bring an ordinance similar to the once the ACLU proposed before the supervisors, <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Santa-Clara-County-approves-controversial-cell-6099580.php">a pledge he re-iterated yesterday</a>.&nbsp;</p><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>Matt Cagle is a Technology &amp; Civil Liberties legal fellow with the ACLU of Northern California.</em></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:14:55 +0000Matt Cagle2307 at https://www.aclunc.orghttps://www.aclunc.org/blog/santa-clara-board-votes-proceed-controversial-surveillance-tech#commentsACLU to Santa Clara Sheriff: Don’t Sneak this Stingray by the Publichttps://www.aclunc.org/blog/aclu-santa-clara-sheriff-don-t-sneak-stingray-public
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<div class="field-item even">The debate over cell phone surveillance comes to the heart of Silicon Valley on Feb. 24, when the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal to purchase a Stingray. Unfortunately, the public wasn't told about it.</div>
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<div class="field-item even"><p>The <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/blog/tide-beginning-turn-stingrays" style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">growing debate</a> over the acquisition and use of cell phone spying technology comes to the heart of Silicon Valley on Tuesday, when the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors <a href="http://sccgov.iqm2.com/citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&amp;ID=5876&amp;Inline=True" style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">will consider</a> a proposal to spend half a million dollars on one such device, commonly known as a “Stingray.” Unfortunately, the public was not told until late last week about the proposed plans for this device, which can turn our personal devices into tracking beacons and raises serious constitutional concerns. Instead of voting to approve the device, the supervisors should table this proposal, facilitate an informed public debate, and consider policies that guarantee transparency, accountability, and oversight for all surveillance technologies.</p><p><em>Feb. 25, 2015 UPDATE: The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved the proposal to acquire a Stingray. <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/blog/santa-clara-board-votes-proceed-controversial-surveillance-tech" title="Update on Stingrays in Santa Clara">Read more »</a></em></p><h3>Secret surveillance Stingray</h3><p>“Stingray” is a brand name for a device known as an IMSI catcher. According to the <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/article/map-state-surveillance-california">ACLU of California’s research,</a> at least 10 California communities have these suitcase-sized devices, which operate by posing as a cell phone tower and connecting with nearby phones. Using this information, law enforcement can learn the identity and even the location of cell phone users themselves, all without their knowledge. Because Stingrays are capable of dragnet secretive surveillance, they raise serious privacy issues and necessitate robust oversight by citizens, elected leaders, and the judiciary.</p><p>It is disappointing that <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27566137/santa-clara-county-sheriff-get-stingray-mobile-phone">Santa Clara residents were not asked for their opinion</a> about the Stingray plans until late last week when <a href="http://files.cloudprivacy.net/santa-clara-stingray-memo.pdf">the sheriff hastily called for a public meeting</a> to discuss it (the ACLU was not among the invitees). At no other point during the past few months was the public given information or the chance to comment on the proposal, which also lacks a cost benefit analysis or a proposed use policy. Does the Sheriff plan on signing <a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/03/harris-stingray-nda/">a non-disclosure agreement</a> that commonly accompany Stingrays and that prevent public knowledge about their use? Will there be enforceable consequences for failing to obtain a warrant if this device is used? At this point, we don’t know.</p><p>This Stingray issue is a symptom of a larger problem: <a href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11/13/san-jose-police-hear-residents-concerns-about-surveillance-drone/">from drones in San Jose</a> to <a href="http://cironline.org/reports/facial-recognition-once-battlefield-tool-lands-san-diego-county-5502">facial recognition in San Diego</a>, all too often surveillance technology is adopted without the public’s knowledge or consent. When we surveyed surveillance in California last year, we found evidence of public debate for less than 15 percent of surveillance programs we discovered. Again and again, in places ranging from <a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/11/15/3488642_tacoma-police-change-how-they.html?sp=/99/289/&amp;rh=1">Washington</a> to <a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/15/5513724/secrecy-lifts-in-cmpd-phone-tracking.html#.VONYcy4YEsJ">North Carolina</a> to <a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/aclu-obtained-documents-reveal-breadth-secretive-sting">Florida</a>, communities are discovering the extensive use of Stingrays – often without adequate judicial oversight – only after the fact. This is unacceptable in our democratic system.</p><h3>Making smart decisions about surveillance</h3><p>Communities such as Santa Clara County need policies that require the public’s early involvement for all proposals related to surveillance technologies. As the ACLU of California <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/publications/making-smart-decisions-about-surveillance-guide-communities">stated in a guide released last fall</a>, a surveillance technology ordinance can help ensure that police technologies are not adopted in a community without the involvement of community members, robust public debate, and clear oversight mechanisms. To prevent a surveillance device from sneaking onto an agenda again, this board should move forward with policies that impose transparency, accountability, and oversight wherever surveillance technology is considered. &nbsp;</p><p>In the wake of the Snowden revelations, community members across California are demanding adequate public notice and the ability debate whenever surveillance is being considered, and they’re justified in doing so. The “just trust us” approach to surveillance doesn’t cut it, especially when the surveillance is close to home. Yet the public’s ability to learn about and debate surveillance technology should not depend on the good will of law enforcement agencies – it should be incorporated into our democratic processes.</p><p>Instead of rushing forward with this Stingray, we encourage Santa Clara to consider policies that do just that.</p><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>Matt Cagle is a Technology &amp; Civil Liberties legal fellow with the ACLU of Northern California.</em></p></div></div></div></div>
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Tue, 24 Feb 2015 02:12:47 +0000Matt Cagle2301 at https://www.aclunc.orghttps://www.aclunc.org/blog/aclu-santa-clara-sheriff-don-t-sneak-stingray-public#commentsACLU-NC Invited to White House Summit on Cybersecurity & Consumer Protectionhttps://www.aclunc.org/get-involved/events/aclu-nc-invited-white-house-summit-cybersecurity-consumer-protection
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<div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://youtu.be/KlTo9hFAFXs" title="White House Summit on Cybersecurty &amp; Consumer Protection" class="lightbox-video">Watch the Summit LIVE! on Friday, Feb. 13</a></p><p class="p1"><strong>Nicole A. Ozer,</strong> ACLU of Northern California's&nbsp;Technology &amp; Civil Liberties Policy Director was invited to a full-day White House&nbsp;Summit for our work on issues of&nbsp;digital censorship and consumer privacy in the technology sector. Californians shouldn't have to choose between using new technology and keeping our personal lives <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/legislation/california-electronic-communications-privacy-act-calecpa" title="CalECPA">private</a>.</p><p class="p1"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/nicoleozer" title="Follow Nicole A. Ozer on Twitter" style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;">Real-time updates by @NicoleOzer on Twitter »</a></p><p class="p1">The Summit will feature remarks by President Obama and bring together major stakeholders on cybersecurity and consumer protection issues to help shape public and private sector efforts to protect American consumers and companies from growing threats to consumers and commercial networks.</p><p class="p2">From increasing cybersecurity information sharing to improving adoption of more secure payment technologies, here’s a look at the topics that panels at the Summit will address:</p><ul><li>Public-Private Collaboration on Cybersecurity</li><li>Improving Cybersecurity Practices at Consumer-Oriented Businesses and Organizations</li><li>Promoting More Secure Payment Technologies</li><li>Cybersecurity Information Sharing</li><li>International Law Enforcement Cooperation on Cybersecurity</li><li>Improving Authentication: Moving Beyond the Password</li><li>Chief Security Officers’ Perspectives: New Ideas on Technical Security&nbsp;</li></ul><h3 class="p1">Watch it live</h3><p class="p1">Watch the livestream <a href="http://youtu.be/KlTo9hFAFXs" title="White House Summit on Cybersecurty &amp; Consumer Protection" class="lightbox-video">here</a>&nbsp;on Feb. 13.</p><p class="p1">More info about the Summit is available at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy/cybersecurity/summit">WhiteHouse.gov/CyberSummit</a>.</p><blockquote><p>(S)ince this is a challenge that we can only meet together, I’m announcing that next month we’ll convene a White House summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection. It’s a White House summit where we're not going to do it at the White House; we're going to go to Stanford University. And it’s going to bring everybody together — industry, tech companies, law enforcement, consumer and privacy advocates, law professors who are specialists in the field, as well as students — to make sure that we work through these issues in a public, transparent fashion.</p></blockquote><p>— President Obama, January 13, 2015</p></div>
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Thu, 12 Feb 2015 01:29:40 +0000Catrina Roallos2282 at https://www.aclunc.orghttps://www.aclunc.org/get-involved/events/aclu-nc-invited-white-house-summit-cybersecurity-consumer-protection#commentsLocal Surveillance Reform at a Tipping Point in Oaklandhttps://www.aclunc.org/blog/local-surveillance-reform-tipping-point-oakland
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<div class="field-item even">Public participation in decisions about whether to equip police with surveillance technology is often the exception rather than the rule in California and across the country. Oakland knows this all too well.</div>
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<div class="field-item even"><p>Public participation in decisions about whether to equip police with surveillance technology is often the exception rather than the rule in California and across the country. Oakland knows this all too well - like many California communities, it is filled with everything from <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/01/what-we-learned-oakland-raw-alpr-data">license plate readers</a> that record drivers’ movements to <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/blog/breaking-documents-reveal-unregulated-use-stingrays-california">powerful cell phone spying tools</a> to street light cameras capable of monitoring peaceful gatherings. Early last year, Oakland took a stand in opposing a citywide surveillance network, the <a href="https://localwiki.org/oakland/Domain_Awareness_Center">“Domain Awareness Center” (DAC)</a>. Tonight, the Oakland Public Safety Committee will vote on new proposals of a city council-appointed privacy committee. Oakland community members are justified in demanding transparency, oversight, and accountability for surveillance, which affects the civil rights and liberties of us all. We hope other communities will do the same.</p><p>This current debate began in 2013, when concerned Oakland <a href="https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/counterpunch-op-ed-why-we-oppose-the-oakland-spy-center/">community members</a>, <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/oaklands-creepy-new-surveillance-program-just-got-approvedhttps:/www.aclunc.org/blog/opd-documents-expose-grave-potential-abuse-domain-awareness-center">civil liberties organizations,</a> and <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-real-purpose-of-oaklands-surveillance-center/Content?oid=3789230">journalists</a> called attention to the fact that the city council -- without adequately informing the public – planned to accept a multi-million dollar federal grant earmarked for the massive expansion of surveillance in the city. <a href="https://localwiki.org/oakland/Domain_Awareness_Center">The project proposed</a> expanding a preexisting port system by linking together multiple different surveillance feeds from technologies that included license plate readers and closed circuit video cameras from around the city. Outraged at secret plans to expand surveillance of innocent Oaklanders, community members organized in opposition. In March 2014, <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2014/03/05/oakland-city-council-rolls-back-the-dac">the City Council voted to limit the DAC to the Port of Oakland</a> and convened an ad hoc advisory committee to write a privacy policy for it. The ACLU, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, served on the committee.</p><p>After many meetings and discussions with community members, experts, and staffers, the advisory committee has finished a policy for the DAC. The Committee’s <a href="https://www.eff.org/document/oakland-city-council-staff-report-february-10-2015">proposed privacy and retention policy</a> is not perfect, but it is a strong step forward. The policy places clear limits on how the DAC can be used, includes use limitations designed to protect the rights of protestors and other innocent community members, requires comprehensive auditing of the DAC’s effectiveness, and sets forth enforceable consequences for misuse. Importantly, the committee is separately recommending the passage of an ordinance that would govern the acquisition and use of surveillance technology funds or equipment in the future. <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20141112-model_ordinance.pdf">Based on the ACLU’s model</a>, this ordinance requires public involvement every time that surveillance technology proposals are on the table.</p><p>In Oakland’s case, residents discovered the DAC plans before they were fully realized, yet all too often surveillance technology is cavalierly <a href="http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/03/alameda-county-sheriff-secretly-buys-two">acquired</a> and <a href="#page=1">deployed</a> by law enforcement without any public involvement or debate. Most cities lack a process for ensuring that surveillance is subject to democratic oversight and debate. As a result, the ACLU regularly hears from California residents at a point when funds or equipment are already acquired and where it is difficult to roll the plans back. That’s why last year <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/publications/making-smart-decisions-about-surveillance-guide-communities">we released a framework</a> for communities facing down surveillance proposals. By placing limits on the DAC and proposing a surveillance technology ordinance, <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-poised-to-lead-in-protecting-privacy/Content?oid=4185374">Oakland </a>seeks to guarantee transparency, oversight, and accountability for all surveillance technology before it is ever acquired.</p><p>With so much attention being paid to federal surveillance reforms these days, it is easy to overlook the <a href="http://www.aclunc.org/surveillancemap">massive amount of surveillance at the local level</a>, much of it <a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty-criminal-law-reform/does-your-local-government-have">funded by federal dollars</a>. Local surveillance reform is a necessary counterpart <a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/patriot-acts-section-215-must-be-reformed">to the push for federal change</a>, and it guarantees that, as policing technology advances in our communities, our civil rights and civil liberties are not left unprotected. This matters to peaceful protestors, <a href="https://www.aclunc.org/blog/communities-under-surveillance-california">members of communities of color</a> and <a href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/9911869-muslims-fear-oakland-surveillance-center-will-target-them-unfairly/">religious groups</a> disproportionately targeted by surveillance, and even to law enforcement leaders who recognize that community trust is necessary to effective policing. If you want to see Oakland move forward with these DAC reforms and a surveillance technology ordinance, <a href="https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/contact-the-public-safety-committee/">here’s how to contact</a> the Public Safety Committee.&nbsp;We are encouraged by the Oakland community’s efforts to reform local surveillance, and we wait to see what other communities do next.</p><div><div><div><p><em>Matt Cagle is a Technology &amp; Civil Liberties legal fellow with the ACLU of Northern California.</em></p></div></div></div></div>
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Mon, 09 Feb 2015 22:48:37 +0000Catrina Roallos2274 at https://www.aclunc.orghttps://www.aclunc.org/highlight/legislation-1#commentsTech Industry Stands with Sen. Leno to Modernize Digital Privacy Protectionshttps://www.aclunc.org/news/tech-industry-stands-sen-leno-modernize-digital-privacy-protections
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<div class="field-item even"><p>Sacramento – Senator Mark Leno has joined forces with a diverse coalition of the state’s leading technology companies and organizations, including Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Engine, Mozilla, the American Civil Liberties Union of California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Center for Democracy and Technology to announce new legislation that modernizes California’s privacy laws to keep up with emerging technologies. Senate Bill 178 protects Californians against warrantless government access to electronic information stored on mobile devices or online services, sensitive emails, text messages, personal photos, contact lists, and location information.&nbsp;</p><p>“When it comes to privacy protections, California is in the digital dark ages,” said Senator Leno. “The personal files in your desk drawer at home cannot be seized without warrant, but your electronic information, no matter how sensitive, does not have the same protection. This bill strikes a perfect balance between safeguarding Californians against improper government intrusion of their electronic data and protecting the ability of law enforcement to use technology when it is needed to protect public safety.”</p><p>SB 178, also known as the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA), ensures that law enforcement officials obtain a warrant before accessing a person’s digital information. CalECPA protects most electronic information, including personal messages, passwords and PIN numbers, geolocation data, photos, medical and financial information, contacts, social networking content, web browsing history, and metadata. Exceptions to the warrant requirement are included in the legislation so that law enforcement officers can continue to effectively and efficiently protect public safety in the event of an emergency.</p><p>“Californians shouldn’t be forced to choose between using smartphones, email, social networks or any new technology and keeping their personal lives private,” said Nicole Ozer, Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director for the ACLU of California. “Especially after revelations of warrantless mass surveillance by the NSA, it is time for California to catch up with other states across the nation, including Texas and Maine, which have already updated their privacy laws for the modern digital world.”</p><p>CalECPA is jointly authored by Republican Senator Joel Anderson, R-Alpine, and supported by more than a dozen technology businesses and numerous national and statewide civil liberties, civil rights, and consumer organizations. The diverse coalition of supporters also includes Adobe, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Center for Media Justice, Centro Legal de la Raza, Color of Change, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Dropbox, Foursquare, Internet Archive, LinkedIn, Media Alliance, NameCheap, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, reddit, Restore the 4th, Techfreedom, The Utility Reform Network, and World Privacy Forum.</p><p>“Law enforcement needs a search warrant to enter your house or seize letters from your filing cabinet – the same sorts of protections should apply to electronic data stored with Internet companies,” said Mufaddal Ezzy, Google’s California Manager of Public Policy and Government Relations. “California’s electronic surveillance laws need to be brought in line with how people use the Internet today and provide them with the privacy they reasonably should expect.”</p><p>Five states, including Utah and Texas, have already enacted laws protecting the privacy of digital communications, and nine states, including Indiana, Montana and Tennessee, have laws safeguarding an inpidual’s geolocation information.</p><p>“Senator Leno and I bridge the gap between progressives and conservatives to put Californians first and reinforce our constitutional protections,” said Senator Anderson, R-Alpine. “Our bi-partisan bill protects Californians’ basic civil liberties as the Fourth Amendment of our Constitution intended.”</p><p>“Since data plays an increasingly important role for many startups, any uncertainty over compliance with outdated regulations puts them in a difficult position,” said Evan Engstrom, Policy Director for Engine, a San Francisco-based nonprofit advocacy and research organization supporting startups. “Startups may be forced to choose between spending valuable time and resources complying with complex requests for data from law enforcement or facing fines and legal action for protecting their users' privacy rights. 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Sun, 08 Feb 2015 08:00:00 +0000Catrina Roallos2271 at https://www.aclunc.orghttps://www.aclunc.org/news/tech-industry-stands-sen-leno-modernize-digital-privacy-protections#commentsIt's Time to Protect Digital Privacy in Californiahttps://www.aclunc.org/blog/its-time-protect-digital-privacy-california
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<div class="field-item even"><p>The technology that we use for everything from balancing our budget to finding a date is constantly evolving – but the laws that protect our electronic information are stuck in the digital dark ages. The government is increasingly taking advantage of outdated privacy laws to turn mobile phones into tracking devices and to access sensitive emails, purchase records, digital documents and more without proper judicial oversight. And while the courts and Congress are slowly retrofitting existing laws to the modern world, technology moves too fast to let them move at their own (often glacial) pace. It’s time for California and other states to kick start the process by updating our own privacy laws.</p><p>That’s why today California Senators Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Joel Anderson (R-Alpine) are introducing the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (<a href="https://www.aclunc.org/calecpa" title="CalECPA">CalECPA</a>).&nbsp;CalECPA requires that police go to a judge and get a warrant before searching our online accounts or personal devices for information about who we are, where we go, who we know, and what we do. Notice, transparency, and reporting provisions make sure that the law is followed and allow ongoing oversight. CalECPA also includes appropriate exceptions to ensure that the police can continue to effectively and efficiently protect public safety.&nbsp;</p><p>Updating our electronic privacy laws will protect sensitive information and support the digital economy. In the wake of the Snowden revelations, Americans are increasingly concerned about warrantless government access to their digital information: <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/11/12/public-privacy-perceptions/">70 percent of social networking site users</a> are concerned about government access to their information. And companies recognize that eroding trust in technology impacts their bottom line, with cloud computing companies likely to lose as much as <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/22/business/fallout-from-snowden-hurting-bottom-line-of-tech-companies.html">$35 billion</a> as a direct result of reduced confidence in the security of online information.</p><p>CalECPA would protect sensitive information and rebuild trust in online services by providing the photos on your smartphone or the emails on your Gmail account with the same protections that currently apply to the printed photos and personal letters you store in your home. That’s why CalECPA has bipartisan authorship and the support of numerous leading technology companies including Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft and organizations like the ACLU of California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Center for Democracy and Technology.</p><p>You shouldn’t have to choose between using technology and keeping your personal life private. And companies and individuals shouldn’t be stuck with privacy laws from the digital dark ages. So if you live in California, contact your representative today and tell them to support CalECPA. And if you live in another state, tell your elected officials to make sure your electronic information is protected too. It’s time for strong digital privacy to become the law across the country, and every state that adds its voice to that call helps.</p><p><em>Nicole A. Ozer is the director of Technology &amp; Civil Liberties policy for the ACLU of California.</em></p></div>
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Sun, 08 Feb 2015 08:00:00 +0000Nicole A. Ozer2270 at https://www.aclunc.orghttps://www.aclunc.org/blog/its-time-protect-digital-privacy-california#commentsCalifornia Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA) - SB 178https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/legislation/california-electronic-communications-privacy-act-calecpa
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<div class="field-item even"><p><a href="https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/SB178_leno_intro.pdf" title="bill language">SB 178</a>, the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA) safeguards Californians, spurs innovation, and supports public safety by updating California privacy law for the modern digital world.</p><p>Californians use technology every day to connect, communicate, work and learn. But while technology has advanced exponentially, California’s privacy laws are still stuck in the digital dark ages. Law enforcement is increasingly taking advantage of outdated privacy laws to turn mobile phones into tracking devices and access sensitive emails, digital documents, and text messages without proper judicial oversight</p><p>CalECPA makes sure police go to a judge and get a warrant before they can get access to electronic information about who we are, where we go, who we know, and what we do. The bill’s notice, reporting, and enforcement provisions make sure that there is proper transparency and oversight and mechanisms to ensure that the law is followed. And the bill also includes appropriate exceptions to ensure that the police can continue to effectively and efficiently protect public safety.</p><p>CalECPA is supported by the state’s leading technology companies and organizations (see full list below) and has broad bipartisan support, jointly authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Senator Joel Anderson (R-Alpine) and co- authored by Senators Canella, Gaines, Hertzberg, McGuire, Nielsen and Roth and Assemblymembers Chiu, Dahle, Gordon, Maienschein, Quirk, Steinorth and Ting.</p><p>Californians should not have to choose between using new technology and keeping their personal lives private and California’s technology companies shouldn’t be burdened with privacy laws stuck in the digital dark ages.</p><h3>Learn more</h3><p><a href="https://www.aclunc.org/news/tech-industry-stands-sen-leno-modernize-digital-privacy-protections" title="press release">Tech Industry Stands with Sen. Leno to Modernize Digital Privacy Protections</a></p><p><a href="https://www.aclunc.org/blog/its-time-protect-digital-privacy-california" title="blog post">It's Time to Protect Digital Privacy in California</a></p><p><a href="https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/calecpa_fact_sheet.pdf" title="CalECPA fact sheet">SB 178 fact sheet</a></p><p><a href="https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/SB178_leno_intro.pdf" title="SB 178 bill language">SB 178 bill language</a></p><h3><strong>CalECPA is supported by the state’s leading technology companies and organizations</strong></h3><div style="float: right;"><ul><li>Google</li><li>Internet Archive</li><li>Internet Association</li><li>LinkedIn</li><li>Media Alliance</li><li>Microsoft</li><li>Mozilla</li><li>NameCheap</li><li>National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)</li><li>New America: Open Technology Institute</li><li>Privacy Rights Clearinghouse</li><li>reddit</li><li>Restore the 4<sup>th</sup></li><li>TechFreedom</li><li>The Utility Reform Network (TURN)</li><li>Twitter</li><li>World Privacy Forum</li></ul></div><div style="float: right;"><ul><li>Adobe Inc.</li><li>American Civil Liberties Union of California</li><li>American Library Association</li><li>Apple Inc.</li><li>Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ)</li><li>California Newspaper Publishers Association</li><li>Center for Democracy and Technology</li><li>Center for Media Justice</li><li>Centro Legal de la Raza</li><li>Color of Change</li><li>Consumer Action</li><li>Consumer Federation</li><li>Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)</li><li>Dropbox</li><li>Electronic Frontier Foundation</li><li>Engine</li><li>Facebook</li><li>Foursquare</li></ul></div></div>
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